Qualifications

• Extensive experience with SAFe, Kanban, and Lean-Agile processes and methodologies in a fast paced enterprise IT environment, and their application in an Application Development and delivery organization
• Experience mentoring, coaching and training teams on Agile and Scrum methodology in enterprise scale IT environment
• Experience working with user groups to provide training, resolve questions, assess user needs, and recommend changes
• Experience working with software engineers to optimize their processes and controls
• Experience with analytics, performance management, process improvement, architecture and design, cross-function collaboration and communications
• Experience Utilizing applications such as Jira, Confluence, Aha, or ServiceNow preferred
• Experience with Business Analytics, BI Tools, and KPI dash boarding
• Ability to leverage skills from coaching, facilitation, conflict resolution and more to serve the team(s)
• Possess an executive presence and ability to coach multiple teams across the product
• Knowledge of industry-wide technology strategies
• Ability to leverage capabilities across the firm to solve local problems
• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
• Certified Scrum Professional ScrumMaster (CSP-SM) or equivalent secondary certification in addition to CSM

Responsibilities

• As the Senior Scrum Master, your primary function will be a scrum master for about 3 teams of 6-10 each and coach the multiple teams to common methodologies
• Additionally, you will be responsible for coaching, mentoring, and training these and additional teams on Agile and Scrum methodology that will address the most difficult issues and challenges affecting Application Development
• Drive Agile and Lean frameworks that result in quality product delivery and continuous improvement
• Embrace agility as a practice
• Work with the Application Manager and Product Owners to align teams with the products visions, sprint goals, and other necessary information
• You will identify solutions that will remove roadblocks, simplify and optimize the teams work, and collaborate with management to prioritize tasks
• Create an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflicts
• Champion continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity; coach organization to conduct continuous improvement events
• Communicate organizational impediments to leadership; clear impediments for the team
• Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (other duties may be assigned)
• Work with Application Development and Product Management teams to prioritize work
• Facilitate Scrum Work: Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Standups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, etc
• Teach systems thinking and servant leadership
• Bring ideas from professional facilitation, coaching, conflict management, mediation and so on to help the team become a high-performance team
• Provide technical assistance in identifying, evaluating, and developing systems, workflows, and procedures that are cost effective and meet business requirements
• Work with stakeholders to ensure implemented solution meets defined value propositions & success criteria